【正文】 cl ear blue eyes. The pri soner f el t sor r y for him, but t her e was not hi ng el se he coul d do. As t he man cam e near, t he pr isoner knocked hi m t o t he ground wi th a shar p bl ow. Then, j um pi ng i nt o t he car , he dr ove off as quickl y as he coul d. Les on82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚？ Fisher m en and sail or s som et im es cl ai m to have seen m onst er s i n the sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at st ori es t old by seam en, i t is now known that m any of these 39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m umm y of an Egypti an woman who di ed i n 800 B. C. has just had an operati on. The m um my i s t hat of Shepenm ut who was once a si nger i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As there wer e str ange m ar ks on t he Xr ay pl ates t aken of t he m umm y, doct or s have been t ryi ng t o f i nd out whether t he wom an di ed of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was t o oper at e. The oper at ion, which l ast ed f or over f our hour s, pr oved t o be ver y dif f icult because of t he hard r esi n whi ch covered t he ski n. The doct or s r em oved a sect i on of t he m umm y and sent it t o a l abor at or y. They al so found som et hi ng whi ch t he Xr ay of t he god Duam utef. Thi s god which has t he head of a cow was norm al l y pl aced i nsi de a m umm y. The doct or s have not yet deci ded how t he woman di ed. They f ear ed t hat t he mumm y would f al t o pieces when t he y cut i t open, but f ort unat el y t hi s has not happened. The m um my successf ull y sur vi ved t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eadi ng an ar ti cl e ent it l ed 39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。m Br i nksley Meer s, and m y ot her name i s Gl or i a Gleam . Now you get out of her e fast ! 39。 39。sai d Rockwal ,39。m sher if f her e. Do you se t hat noti ce ? It says No Cam ping i n case you can39。 Meanwhi le, t wo ot her act or s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eeves, had car ied t wo l ar ge f ood basket s to a shady spot under som e t rees. When t hey had al l made t hemsel ves f ort abl e, a st r anger appear ed. He looked ver y angr y. 39。t be bet t er , Glori a,39。s fi shi ng, or ei ght hour s in a ci nem a sei ng t he sam e fi lm over and over agai n, i s usual l y as far as they get . They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e pl aying t ruant , tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hi t ch hi ked t o Dover and, towar ds eveni ng, went i nt o a boat o f i nd somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next m or ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, i n t he m eanti me, tr avel ed t o Cal ais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hit ch hi ked t o Pari s in a l orr y. The dr i ver gave hi m a few bi scui ts and a cup of cof f e and l ef t him j ust out si de t he cit y. The next car t he boy st opped di d not t ake hi m int o the cent r e of Par is as he hoped i t would, but t o Per pi gnan on t he French Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was pi cked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o Engl and by t he l ocal authori ti es. He has sur ely set up a r ecor d for t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evading school. Lesson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y ri ver bed and a part y of f am ous act or s and actr esses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k gl asses and ol d cl othes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecogni ze t hem. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect. 39。accurat e as wel l. Of fi ci als f r om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat or y have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he clock when it i s act ual l y st ri ki ng because m i cr ophones ar e connect ed t o t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has rar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , it f ai led t o gi ve t he cor r ect tim e. A paint er who had been wor ki ng on t he t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Lesson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dr i ver, Si r Mal colm Cam pbel , was t he fi r st m an t o dri ve at over 300 mil es per hour. He set up a new wor l d recor d i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil l e Sal t Fl ats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, t he car he was dr ivi ng, had been speci al l y bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 f et i n l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi l es per hour , he had gr eat di f icult y i n contr oll i ng t he car be cause a t yr e burst duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tem pt, Cam pbel was di sappoi nted t o l ear n that hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour . However, a few days l at er , he was t ol d t hat a mi st ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi l es per hour . Si nce that tim e, r aci ng dri ver s have reached speeds of over 400 mi l es an hour. Foll owi ng hi s fat her39。Thi s i s a wonderf ul pl ace f or a piic,39。 Bri nksl ey Meers agr ed. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you! 39。t r ead !39。 don39。 Oh, is i t ?39。 l eson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger pl ane fl ew of f cour se som e t im e ago, it cr ashed in t he mountai ns and it s pil ot was ki l ed. The onl y pa ssenger s, a young wom an and her t wo baby daughters, wer e unhurt . It was t he m i ddl e of wint er . Snow l ay t hi ck on t he gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he near est vi l age was m il es away. When i t grew dar k. she t ur ned a sui tcase i nt o a bed and put t he chil dren i nsi de it, coveri ng them wi t h al l t he cl ot hes she coul d f ind. Duri ng t he ni ght , i t got t er i bl y col d. The wom an kept as near as she coul d t o the chil dr en and even t ri ed t o get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next m or ni ng she hear d planes passi ng over head and wonder ed how she could send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She st am